A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. The law was published in Germany's Federal Law Gazette ...
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Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. As the BYOD (bring-your-own-device) trend accelerates, IT departments are seeking ...
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Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts. The Pushdo Trojan program dates back to early ...
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Computerworld - In the middle of its annual developers conference, the Google unveiled updates to its popular Gmail service. Quick Action feature in updated Google Gmail Google Thursday announced that it's adding what it calls Quick ...
Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 21, adding more social media connections, tweaking the Do Not Track privacy setting and rolling out a new tool that long term, aims to create a self-healing browser. The open-source developer also ...
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Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014. The Pirate Bay co-founder wants to run as a candidate for the Finnish Pirate Party, he said in a blog post on Tuesday announcing his candidacy to ...
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Internet traffic to and from Syria, a country engulfed by civil war, again came to a halt on Wednesday, according to Internet monitoring company Renesys. "Syrian Internet down again since 07:01 UTC (10:00 Damascus time), Wednesday, 15 May ...
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Google has introduced an integrated developer environment (IDE) aimed at easing development of Android apps. Android Studio made its debut Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Android developers could use the Android ...
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Microsoft is upgrading its new Outlook.com webmail service so that its users can communicate with Gmail users via instant messaging. Outlook.com, which replaced Hotmail and offers a similar feature for chatting with people on Facebook and ...
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Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors. Today, the chip world is seemingly focused on producing low power chips with integrated graphics accelerators that ...
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Mobile security vendor Lookout plans to start flagging as adware mobile apps that use aggressive ad networks if they don't obtain explicit consent from users before engaging in behavior that potentially invades privacy. Ad networks, ...
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Microsoft is rolling out changes to SkyDrive to enhance management of photos in the cloud storage service, including more efficient viewing and uploading of files. The improvements include a new "all photos" view that displays thumbnails ...
Bing is adding some new social features to its search engine, by letting users comment and "like" their Facebook friends' posts directly on the site. The new tools constitute yet another expansion to the Microsoft search site to make it ...
Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
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Domain registrar Name.com forced its customers to reset their account passwords on Wednesday following a security breach on the company's servers that might have resulted in customer information being compromised. Hackers might have ...
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